tennessee Stories - Black Shoe Diaries
Pre-conference ramble
I'm doubtful that anyone is looking forward to the conference season in college basketball more than I. I keep seeing things that confuse me. (I know, I know, easily confused, so what?) But the music from that Corona Light commercial that keeps running on the games I watch is now running through my...
July 8th Jump Off
Remember to submit your choices for the Down the Drive Ring of Honor! You can submit up to 3 players who you think should join the Bearcats elite. You have until July 10th to submit your nominees. Only 2 days left! Also, if you want to receive Down the Drive updates through Facebook, don't forget...
NCAA Enforcement (of Selectivity)
It's old but it's timeless. And as far as clichés are concerned, it's battle-tested. "There's nothing to fear but fear itself - and the I.R.S. audit." Alright, so perhaps I took some liberties. The truth is that's a lesser-used spinoff to the more common saying. It's the Frasier to the "fear...
July 5th Jump Off
Remember to submit your choices for the Down the Drive Ring of Honor! You can submit up to 3 players who you think should join the Bearcats elite. You have until July 10th to submit your nominees. Also, if you want to receive Down the Drive updates through Facebook, don't forget to like...
Jim Tressel Is Safe and Bruce Feldman Is Wrong, an Examination of Where the Case Stands
Immediately after the Columbus Dispatch released the "notice of allegations" presented to Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee by the NCAA on Friday, media prognosticators, including the very boisterous Kirk Herbstreit, began loudly proclaiming the end of the Jim Tressel era in Columbus. Bruce...
1st and a Mile: A Look at 1st year Defensive Coordinators
The 2010 college football regular season featured 23 new head coaches and staffs (defensive coordinators in parentheses): Florida State (Mark Stoops), UVa (Jim Reid) , Kansas (Carl Torbush), Texas Tech (James Willis), Cincinnati (Tim Banks / Jon Jancek), Louisville (Vance Bedford), USF (Mark...
Stadiums I've Been To: LP Field
I've been to events at LP Field four times (simply called "The Coliseum" the first time I visited), every time for a soccer game. The first time was for an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the UAG Tecos from Mexico. The second time was for a World Cup warm-up match in 2006 between...
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